Re: [PATCH] gitweb: fixes to gitweb feature check code

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On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:02 AM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>
>> The gitweb_check_feature routine was being used for two different
>> purposes: retrieving the actual feature value (such as the list of
>> snapshot formats or the list of additional actions), and to check if a
>> feature was enabled.
>>
>> For the latter use, since all features return an array, it led to either
>> clumsy code or subtle bugs, with disabled features appearing enabled
>> because (0) evaluates to 1.
>>
>> We fix these bugs, and simplify the code, by separating feature (list)
>> value retrieval (gitweb_get_feature) from boolean feature check (i.e.
>> retrieving the first/only item in the feature value list). Usage of
>> gitweb_check_feature across gitweb is replaced by the appropriate call
>> wherever needed.
>> ---
>
> First, you forgot the signoff, but you have addressed that already.
>
>
> Second, I thought at first that it would be good for the patch to also
> simplify %feature hash, using "'default' => 1" instead of current bit
> convoluted "'default' => [1]", at the cost of bit more code for
> defensive programming.  But now I think that if it is to be done,
> it should be put as separate patch.

Is this an ACK? 8-D

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
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